Tag: Jena 6
By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Fri Aug 01, 2008 at 06:58:25 PM EST
Tags: Jena 6 (all tags)
Posted on Fri Aug 01, 2008 at 06:58:25 PM EST
Tags: Jena 6 (all tags)
The judge in the Jena 6 case has been removed due to inappropriate comments about the arrested teens.
Judge J.P. Mauffray Jr. had acknowledged calling the teens "trouble makers" and "a violent bunch" but insisted he could be impartial. Defense attorneys disagreed and asked that he be removed. Judge Thomas M. Yeager, who was appointed by the state Supreme Court to decide whether Mauffray should be taken off the case, found there was an appearance of impropriety.
"The right to a fair and impartial judge is of particular importance in the present cases," Yeager wrote.
Where the case stands now: [more...]
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